Culinary knife



g 1930- c. H. BOYLE 1,757,073 7 CULINARY KNIFE Filed Feb. 26, 1929 INVENTOR C'lzarles 15. Boyle BY Patented May 6, 1930' iu-mien sT-A E YATENT oFFice f cHAnLEs H. BOYLE, on NEW Hav n, connncrrcur CULINARY KnIrn 7 Application filed February 26,1929. 1 SeriaI'No. 342,795.

This invention relates to a new and im-' I provediculinary knife'of the type used for Among the aims an cutting fruit, vegetables and the like, in such sists in the culinary knife having certain details of construction, and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and,-

more particularly pointed out in the claims;

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in the several figures; V v V Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a fruit, the peel ofwhich has been partially cut by my'improved knife, and whereinv the same is positioned thereonjfor use in further cutting operations;

Figure 2 is a view of my improved culinary knife;

of, taken generally upon line 3-3 of Figure 2. i

My improved culinary knife is preferably constructed with a wire frame formed so as to have two substantially parallel side portions' 10 which are twistedtogether at 12 to form a shank to receive ahandle 13, and an intermediate end portion 11. a,

Secured to the side portions 10 in any con- 7 venient manner is the blade 14;, which is cor.-

rugated in cross section, substantially as shown in Figure 3, with a front edge at an angle to the length thereof, thereby producing a cutter-having a plurality of beveled cutting faces 16'.

In Figure 1 there is illustrated a portion of an orange, grapefruit or the like, with my improved culinary lmife associated therepointed with in position to begin cutting the peel thereof. As thus placed, the side portions 10 rest upon the top of thefruit with the cutting knife inside of thepeel. From thisposition the knife is pushed'outwardly' and the several points 15 of thecutting faces 16 rious shapes.

,ina difierent planethan the side portion;

larged toward the topof the fruit as the knife continues its'movement, When the cutting is I completed theknives project above thetop of v the fruit leaving theedgeof the peel uncut,

substantially as shown'inFigure 1, each move ment of theknife producingaplurality of scallops The shape'of theknifemay, ofcourse, .be vari'ed'5and thus produceedge cuttings of va- The end port1on 11, which projects down? wardly over theedge of the-peel, provides a 7 stop to limit and prevent the knife from be ing drawn too far inwardly, and economize the labor involved in adjusting the knife relatively to the p'eelto'be out It also forms a guard touprotect the sharp points of the knife as well asthe handjof the operator. VVith-the knife supported on the side portions, the operator pushes it back'and forth without lifting it from the fruit; Inonejdirection the knife cuts the peel, and inthe Op 7 posite direction its movement is limited by" Figure 3 is a transverse sectional viewthere the end portion engaging the outside of the peel.

, bility of the peel not being cut uniformly or the edges of the peel broken down is eliminated. All Of thecuts in the'peel are also .of uniform height and shape due-to the fact 7 that the side portionlOrests upon the top of the peel andmove back and forth as in a sawing operation: v I 1 Withinthe scopeof the appended claims, modifications may be made within my invention, asidefrom those herein suggested, and I would therefore haveit understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction herein shown and vdescribed, but claim all that fallsfairly' within the spirit and scope of theappended claims. 7' v I Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: i I 1. A device of the character described, having side portions connected by an end portion and'a blade connected with the side portions the side portions,betweenfthe handle and end "at a point distantfrom the end portion.

2; A device of the character described for trimming fruit peel or the like, having side portions, an end portion in a different plane :than the side portion, a handle connected With he s depor i ns, and ab adefixed to portions.

3. A device of the character described for I. it

trimming. fruit pee-l *or the like, havinga pointed bladeymean s for supporting the 4. A device of the character described;

right angle to such length. affixed my signature;

crum s 'H; Borne In testimony whereof, I: have herennto 

